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Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences: Teaching & Learning Across Australia, 8th Edition | AU/NZ

Libby Tudball, Peter Brett, Rob Gilbert, Contributors

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Overview

Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th edition prepares pre-service teachers to develop and implement lessons in the humanities and social sciences learning areas from F-10. It successfully blends theory with practical approaches to provide a basis for teaching that is engaging, inquiry-based and relevant to students’ lives.

With reference to the latest Australian Curriculum, the text discusses the structure of the humanities and social sciences teaching and learning areas. Chapters on history, geography, civics and citizenship, and economics and business discuss the nature of these subjects and how to teach them to achieve the greatest benefit for students, both as sub-strands within the Year F-6/7 HASS subject and as distinct Year 7-10 subjects.

Throughout, the content maintains its highly respected philosophical and practical orientation, including a commitment to deep learning in a context of critical inquiry. With the aid of this valuable text, pre-service teachers can assist primary, middle and secondary students to become active and informed citizens who contribute to a just, democratic and sustainable future.

Resources for instructors include Instructor Guide, PowerPoints, Portfolio Activities and more.

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Meet the Authors

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Libby Tudball

Dr Libby Tudball is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. Her specialist areas are teacher education, Civics and Citizenship and teaching and learning in HASS. She works nationally and internationally in these research fields and in teacher professional learning and strategic planning for school improvement.

Peter Brett

Peter Brett is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Burnie. He teaches into two Humanities and Social Sciences education units in the B.Ed. (Primary) program. His research interests centre on teaching and learning relating to citizenship education and history education, but also explore broader issues around high quality initial teacher education.

Rob Gilbert

Rob Gilbert is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Queensland and an educational consultant with a special focus on curriculum development and change. A leader in research and development in social science education in Australia, he has published widely in this field as well as in curriculum development and in education for citizenship.

Contributors

Melissa Barnes, Monash University; Paul Cross; Julie Dyer, Deakin University; Kathleen Gordon, Practitioner; Genevieve Hall, RMIT; Melitta Hogarth, University of Melbourne; Amber McLeod, Monash University; Alan Reid, Monash University; Carly Sawatzki, Deakin University; Marilyn Snider, Bethink Global; Louise Zarmati, University of Tasmania

What's New

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  • Updated throughout with a focus on the current Australian Curriculum (version 9.0) published in May 2022 and explains the impact on teaching humanities and social sciences (HASS), and how the Australian Curriculum is connected to learning goals in The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration
  • NEW general capabilities activities guide pre-service teachers to embedding the general capabilities in their HASS planning
  • NEW key terms with margin definitions

Features

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  • The broad scope of this text provides a valuable base for teaching humanities and social sciences to children from Foundation to Year 10, with practical examples across this range
  • Key questions in the chapter overview give you a clear sense of what each chapter will cover and what to ask while reading the chapter. These questions are also reviewed in the end-of-chapter summaries
  • Chapter opening snapshots and case studies with questions illustrate how the theory and concepts covered in the chapter might apply to real-world situations for both primary and secondary teaching
  • 'Check your understanding' boxes include questions that allow pre-service teachers to assess and reflect on their own knowledge and understanding of chapter concepts. While reflection questions encourage pre-service teachers to think about their own connection with Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Easily find relevant curriculum and standards content by navigating via the icons throughout, including GC for general capabilities, AC for ACARA quotes, CCP for cross-curricular priorities, and APST for Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
  • Test knowledge and consolidate learning through activities at the end of every chapter, and discover high quality online educational resources to support you in the useful web-based teaching and learning resources annotated lists
  • Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform – the personalised eLearning solution. MindTap is a flexible and easy-to-use platform that helps build student confidence and gives you a clear picture of their progress. MindTap for Tudball’s Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th ed is full of innovative resources to support critical thinking, and help your students move from memorisation to mastery! Includes: Tudball’s Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th ed eBook; revision quizzes; video activities; 'Your philosophy of teaching' journal tool, and more. MindTap is a premium purchasable eLearning tool. Contact your Cengage learning consultant to find out how MindTap can transform your course.
  • Instructor Website for Tudball’s Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th ed. Your #1 resource for your course. This tailored collection of teaching tools includes downloadable PowerPoint lecture slides, Instructor's Guide, and artwork. The Instructor's Guide is packed with content that helps you set up and administer your class: key questions, activities and more. Log in or request an account to access instructor resources at au.cengage.com/instructor/account for Australia or nz.cengage.com/instructor/account for New Zealand.

Table of Contents

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Part 1 – Context: the humanities and social sciences across Australia
1. The context for teaching and learning in the humanities and social sciences
2. The humanities and social sciences in the Australian Curriculum

Part 2 – Teaching humanities and social sciences: key elements
3. Integrating the curriculum
4. Planning for critical inquiry
5. Planning for student learning
6. Assessment: promoting and encouraging learning
7. Values, ethical understanding and controversial issues
8. Developing language and literacy
9. Using digital technologies

Part 3 – Disciplinary knowledge in Humanities and
Social Sciences
10. Learning history
11. Teaching historical inquiry
12. Geography as a learning area
13. Teaching geographical inquiry
14. Teaching and learning economics and business
15. Teaching and learning for active and informed citizenship

Part 4 – Cross-curriculum priorities
16. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
17. Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
18. Sustainability

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Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform – the personalised eLearning solution. MindTap is a flexible and easy-to-use platform that helps build student confidence and gives you a clear picture of their progress. MindTap for Tudball’s Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th ed is full of innovative resources to support critical thinking, and help your students move from memorisation to mastery! Includes: Tudball’s Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences 8th ed eBook; revision quizzes; video activities; 'Your philosophy of teaching' journal tool, and more. MindTap is a premium purchasable eLearning tool. Contact your Cengage learning consultant to find out how MindTap can transform your course.